What Is the World's Emotional Temperature?

Think about how you felt yesterday. Did you smile or laugh a lot? Did you learn or do something interesting? Were you angry? Sad? Gallup asked people in more than 140 countries these same questions in 2018 to find out how they are feeling.

Use this interactive to see how you and your country compare with the rest of the planet on 10 positive and negative experiences.

See the World's Hot Spots

Select any of the 10 positive or negative experiences below to see which countries rank the highest and lowest on these questions.

#5 China

BOTTOM 5

#1 Kuwait

#2 Yemen

#3 Armenia

#4 Palestinian Territories

#5 Belarus

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?

TOP 5

#1 El Salvador

75% YES / 25% NO

#2 Panama

75% YES / 25% NO

#3 Guatemala

73% YES / 26% NO

#4 Senegal

73% YES / 25% NO

#5 Niger

72% YES / 26% NO

BOTTOM 5

#1 Bangladesh

22% YES / 77% NO

#2 Northern Cyprus

23% YES / 76% NO

#3 Egypt

24% YES / 76% NO

#4 Mongolia

26% YES / 73% NO

#5 Turkey

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end
of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who
you were with, and how you felt. Did you smile or laugh a lot
yesterday?

TOP 5

#1 Nigeria

91% YES / 9% NO

#2 El Salvador

90% YES / 10% NO

#3 Indonesia

90% YES / 9% NO

#4 Sri Lanka

90% YES / 9% NO

#5 Panama

89% YES / 10% NO

BOTTOM 5

#1 Afghanistan

36% YES / 64% NO

#2 Belarus

41% YES / 51% NO

#3 Northern Cyprus

41% YES / 58% NO

#4 Turkey

41% YES / 57% NO

#5 Lebanon

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Were you treated with respect all day yesterday?

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Results for surveys in 2018 are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with approximately 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted throughout the year in 143 countries and areas for the Positive Experience Index and 142 countries for the Negative Experience Index. For results based on the total sample of national adults for 2018, the margin of sampling error ranged from ±2.1 to ±5.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.